Name____________________________________________________ The Spider and the
Ghost of the Fly
Due Date ____________ Play a game of /c-­‐tac-­‐toe with your parents, siblings, or friends. Read the poem in a different way each turn to prac/ce your fluency. Your partner should read the poem, too! Try to get three in a row. Read the
poem like a
spider.
Read the
poem like a
fly.
Read the
poem in a
spooky
voice.
Read the
poem into
a flashlight.
Read the
poem any
way you
choose!
Whisper
read
the
poem.
Read the
poem as if
you are
very cold.
Read the
poem
nervously.
Read the
poem with
suspense.
Crea%ve Poem Guide: The Spider and the Ghost of the Fly by Vachel Lindsay By Vachel Lindsay
Once I loved a spider
When I was born a fly,
A velvet-footed spider
With a gown of rainbow-dye.
She ate my wings and gloated.
She bound me with a hair.
She drove me to her parlor
Above her winding stair.
To educate young spiders
She took me all apart.
My ghost came back to haunt her.
I saw her eat my heart.
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